Try to avoid chicken thigh...

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  • getinmykitchen
    getinmykitchen Posts: 11 Member
    I usually buy thighs because in my market they are always so much cheaper than the more popular breast meat. I don't think it's too hard to balance out if you serve it with veggie sides.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    where on earth do you guys buy thighs cheaper than breast? At my local sam's club, breasts are $1.88/b and thighs $2.99!! I would buy thighs in a heartbeat if they were less (as I will be this week because another store has them on sale for $1.79/lb)
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,205 Member
    I totally took this pic at the store today not knowing the serendipitous reason until now! I give you, chicken in a can. You may puke now.

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  • danimalkeys
    danimalkeys Posts: 982 Member
    where on earth do you guys buy thighs cheaper than breast? At my local sam's club, breasts are $1.88/b and thighs $2.99!! I would buy thighs in a heartbeat if they were less (as I will be this week because another store has them on sale for $1.79/lb)

    We have the $1.88 breasts too, I buy those and poach them for putting on lunch salads. But the thighs we get are nowhere near that expensive. I'm pretty sure they are around $1.79/lb for the bone in, skin on ones. I know the boneless ones are not that expensive either but can't recall the price.

    I got some boneless/skinless ones yesterday at Food Lion that were on the "buy it today or we throw it away" clearance price. 3.92lbs for $4.78, not much more than a dollar a lb. I buy a lot of meat that way and either eat it that day or freeze it. I got pork chops and some ground turkey as well. The regular price on the thighs was $2.49/lb which isn't that bad.
  • Kita328
    Kita328 Posts: 370 Member
    According to the Perdue website, skinless boneless breast meat has 29 calories per ounce and skinless boneless thighs have 35 calories per ounce. Not a very large difference at all. When we grill chicken we frequently use thighs since they don't dry out like white meat tends to do.

    This. They are not THAT much worse.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    where on earth do you guys buy thighs cheaper than breast? At my local sam's club, breasts are $1.88/b and thighs $2.99!! I would buy thighs in a heartbeat if they were less (as I will be this week because another store has them on sale for $1.79/lb)

    We have the $1.88 breasts too, I buy those and poach them for putting on lunch salads. But the thighs we get are nowhere near that expensive. I'm pretty sure they are around $1.79/lb for the bone in, skin on ones. I know the boneless ones are not that expensive either but can't recall the price.

    I got some boneless/skinless ones yesterday at Food Lion that were on the "buy it today or we throw it away" clearance price. 3.92lbs for $4.78, not much more than a dollar a lb. I buy a lot of meat that way and either eat it that day or freeze it. I got pork chops and some ground turkey as well. The regular price on the thighs was $2.49/lb which isn't that bad.

    Around here, you can find boneless skinless thighs on sale for $.99/lb easily. The most they ever cost is $1.99, so even if you're too lazy to hunt around, you're still getting them pretty cheap.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    thigh meat: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/735/2
    100g = 119 calories

    breast meat: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/701/2
    100g = 110 calories

    So, tell me again what this mystical issue is of which you speak?

    Just an FYI on the true difference between dark and white meat:

    White meat is white because of the chicken's chronic lack of exercise, something to think about next time you're about to curl up in front of the TV for another I Dream of Jeannie rerun. Dark meat, which avian myologists (bird muscle scientists) refer to as "red muscle," is used for sustained activity--chiefly walking, in the case of a chicken. The dark color comes from a chemical compound in the muscle called myoglobin, which plays a key role in oxygen transport. White muscle, in contrast, is suitable only for short, ineffectual bursts of activity such as, for chickens, flying. That's why the chicken's leg meat and thigh meat are dark and its breast meat (which makes up the primary flight muscles) is white. Other birds more capable in the flight department, such as ducks and geese, have red muscle (and dark meat) throughout.

    From: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1295/why-is-white-meat-white-and-dark-meat-dark


    Never seen these numbers before. Quite sure it's closer to 200 calories for thighs. And yes they taste way better... but personally they don't fill me up more at all.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    You know what? chicken butt..

    Wanna know why? chicken thigh..







    I'm sorry..... I couldn't resist...

    Did you know that 1 tiny little chicken butt contains right around 100 calories?

    I really shouldn't know this.

    How tiny is the hiney?
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    bump for the tiny hiney
  • janine2355
    janine2355 Posts: 628 Member
    Am I wrong in thinking that you seem a little angry? :indifferent:

    :laugh:
  • PearlAng
    PearlAng Posts: 681 Member
    You know what? chicken butt..

    Wanna know why? chicken thigh..







    I'm sorry..... I couldn't resist...

    But where? CHICKEN HAIR
  • EricJonrosh
    EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
    I totally took this pic at the store today not knowing the serendipitous reason until now! I give you, chicken in a can. You may puke now.

    d32fbe6e-0fd5-474b-a388-a9b209345104_zpsf0c122e8.jpg

    20090430-cannedchicken-shloop.jpg

    And I raise you:

    OWW
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,205 Member
    I totally took this pic at the store today not knowing the serendipitous reason until now! I give you, chicken in a can. You may puke now.

    d32fbe6e-0fd5-474b-a388-a9b209345104_zpsf0c122e8.jpg

    20090430-cannedchicken-shloop.jpg

    And I raise you:

    OWW

    You win, good sir!
  • itsup2jojo
    itsup2jojo Posts: 7 Member
    You do realize that 200 g is like 3 servings, right? Fifty or 60g, plus veggies and a small side would be a sensible meal.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,205 Member
    You do realize that 200 g is like 3 servings, right? Fifty or 60g, plus veggies and a small side would be a sensible meal.

    50 - 60g is a snack! 200g is a perfectly acceptable amount of chicken for a meal.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    You do realize that 200 g is like 3 servings, right? Fifty or 60g, plus veggies and a small side would be a sensible meal.

    50 - 60g is a snack! 200g is a perfectly acceptable amount of chicken for a meal.

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  • nilbogger
    nilbogger Posts: 870 Member
    I had boneless, skinless thighs for dinner last night. Mmmmm....
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    I despise them now.

    For being higher calorie? :huh:

    That's an awfully strange reason to feel so strongly about a food as to "despise" it.
  • danimalkeys
    danimalkeys Posts: 982 Member
    You do realize that 200 g is like 3 servings, right? Fifty or 60g, plus veggies and a small side would be a sensible meal.

    50 - 60g is a snack! 200g is a perfectly acceptable amount of chicken for a meal.

    I had a little over 400g for dinner last night. With the skin. It was good.

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